THE NORTON CASE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13305, 11 October 1906, Page 5

THE NORTON CASE.

INQUEST ON GROHN'S BODY. MISSING CERTIFICATE OF DEATH. , By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright deceived October 10, 10.37 , p.m.) " ' . __ Std.vkv, October 10. .. x "At the inquest on the body of the man r named Grolin, referred to in the Norton v. Haynes libel case, the Crown Prosecutor stated that the original certificate of death, 1 posted to the registrar, was missing, and 1 apparently hud never been received. The I undertaker who buried the body supplied ■ the particulars two years later,.at the regisj\ trar's request. /, ■. ",'."' » , The undertaker, in his evidence, said i Grohn had every appearance of having died * of the effects of drinking. He saw no ' wounds on the body. • 3 The witness Morris, repealed the evi-' t, dence given at the criminal libel trial, and \ f added that he had stopped Norton, not once, but thousands of times, from knocking Grohn down. He treated him'more, like a dog than a man. V The inquest, was adjourned until Friday,, "■